Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edward Noelke whumps out across his 18,000-acre ranch in his Bell bubble helicopter. "This mesquite," he shouts above the rotor clatter, "is a very competent adversary." Noelke can run his eye across the vast dun-brown landscape (gentle hills, a sweep of mesas off toward the horizon), and although the land is comparatively featureless to a stranger, Noelke can tell precisely what campaigns he waged in what year upon what stands of mesquite...
...doublespeak jargon of Poland's military bosses, it was called Operation Calm. The two-day police sweep, as described in the government press last week, netted 145,000 curfew violators and other petty miscreants. Out of that group, 99,000 were "warned," 29,000 "lectured" and 7,000 fined on the spot. Some 3,900 people were hauled into police stations...
...ECAC record. The levy Discussion winner is guaranteed not only a playoff berth, but also home ice in the first round. There is a slight chance that Harvard could make the playoff without winning the division-by finishing in the top eight over all Either way, the icemen must sweep their final three games...
...Harvard to make the playoffs, it will most likely have to sweep in three remaining games-including Council at Bright on Saturday night-and hope that someone else can kick off the Elis Last night, knowing that they alone could help themselves, the icemen went out and did just that...
...Harvard men's volleyball team combined power, hustle and intelligence to sweep the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 15-13, 15-2, 16-14, yesterday...